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Industrial clusters as drivers of the European economy: results from the 2020 European Panorama Report

The European Observatory for Clusters and Industrial Change has published the 2020 edition of the European Panorama of Clusters and Industrial Change. The report presents an overview of how clusters contribute to the competitiveness of the European economy. It analyses cluster strength across 51...
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Smart guide to cluster policy monitoring and evaluation published

The European Observatory for Clusters and Industrial Change published valuable guidance for cluster policy-makers. It shows how to better monitor results and strategically evaluate policies and programmes set up to support the development of industrial clusters and the competitiveness of its firms...
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Trends in European clusters: results from the 2019 European panorama, trends and priority sectors reports published

The European observatory for clusters and industrial change just published a series of reports that give an overview of the European cluster landscape, why these regional concentrations of related industries matter, and which recent trends drive industrial transformations. The European panorama of...
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The Smart Guide to Cluster Policy - a tool for cluster policy makers and stakeholders

The Smart Guide to Cluster Policy is a new tool for policy-makers and practitioners to support industrial modernisation, SME growth and smart specialisation. The Guide was presented at the Smart Regions conference on 2 June 2016, and is the latest publication in the series of Guidebooks on...
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Disruptions in European value chains and industrial ecosystems: setting up an EU Rapid Alert Function Report

In mid-February 2020, Europe registered its first cases of COVID-19. Since then, the outbreak of the coronavirus and the following sanitary and economic crisis has severely impacted our lives and has led to a series of changes that our society and industries are undergoing. The European economy has...
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Cluster presence and economic performance: a new look based on European data

This paper, written by Christian Ketels and Sergiy Protsiv and published by Regional Studies journal, takes a fresh empirical look at how cluster presence matters for economic performance. It analyses a new data set developed for the European Cluster Observatory to assess the impact of clusters on...
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Farmers of the future

Agriculture is one of the important sectors in transforming the European economy and society towards a long-term sustainability. While contributing to this transition, European farmers will at the same time face several future challenges for agriculture and food production and consumption...
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Partnering Side Event of the European Cluster Partnerships - Output Paper

The Side Event for European Cluster Partnerships was organised on the 16 November 2020 in the context of the 7th edition of the European Cluster Conference 2020. The Side Event gathered 51 participants, mostly consisting of representatives of ESCPs and INNOSUP projects, as well as some European...
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Partnering Side Event of the Cluster Associations and Networks - Output Paper

The Side Event of the Cluster Associations and Networks (CAN) was organised on the 17 November 2020 in the context of the 7th edition of the European Cluster Conference 2020. The side event gathered 37 participants, mainly representatives of cluster associations and networks from across Europe, as...
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New circular economy strategic R&I agenda

The H2020 CICERONE project, in consultation with a wide range of stakeholders, has developed a Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda (SRIA) that will constitute the backbone of the future joint programming platform for circular economy: the EU Circular Cooperation Hub. The SRIA was developed based...
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The role of Materials in the post-COVID society

This Reflection Paper addresses the role of materials in the post-COVID society and summarizes positioning, potential solutions, and recommendations that stem from the European Materials community (Alliance for Materials A4M) towards Horizon Europe in the Post-COVID scenario. The paper compiles...
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A robust innovation ecosystem for the future of Europe

This report collects the insights, suggestions, and key takeaways from a series of online and offline consultations with the European innovation stakeholders. These included universities, start-up communities, investors, corporates, local, regional and national authorities and national ministries in...